Display case



G. R. POORMAN.

DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION man SEPT. 15. 1920.

1,411,890, Patented'Apr. 4, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

GUY R. POORMAN, OF SHERWOOD, OHIO.

DISPLAY CASE.

Application filed September 15, 1920, Serial No. 410,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY R. PooRMAN, a resident of Sherwood, county ofDefiance, and State of Ohio, have made an Invention appertaining toDisplay Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thecharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a commodity display case, and has for itsobject the provision of a simple and efiicient device of this character,the use of which in grocery and other stores for displaying thecommodities handled, or a large part thereof, makes it possible toreduce the number of employees,

the size of store room and number of dis play shelves otherwisenecessary, and also reduces to a minimum the possibility of shoplifting, dishonesty of employees and of customers taking the wrongbasket of merchandisc.

The use of the invention also facilitates shopping, as the commoditiesare all displayed in convenient manner with the prices affixed thereto.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, andwhile, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerousforms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dis play case embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof, with aportion broken away, and Fig. 3 is a view of one of the cross bumpersand price tag display members.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a display case or bin ofrectangular form provided with or without a bottom and having its topopen and preferably inclined from front to rear. The front and rearsides are each provided at their inner sides with vertical grooves 2 forreceiving the respective ends of partition boards or members 3, thegrooves being of greater number than the stalls to enable the width ofthe different stalls to be formed thereby to be varied to suit the widthof the commodities to be displayed as hereinafter described.

The partitions 3, as well as the ends of the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

display case, are provided with a plurality of sets of vertically spacedholes 4 for receiving-pins adapted to support ledge strips 6 in desiredvertical position on the side walls of the different stalls forsupporting articles in desired position in the stalls. For instance, ifcanned or packaged goods are to be displayed the stalls are made of awidth to suit the width of the goods by an adjustment of the partitions3 and the ledge strips 6 are positioned to engage and support the goodsat desired elevation in the respective stalls, care being taken to placegoods of substantially the same size or width in the same displaystalls. The top edges of the partitions 3 and also of the ends of thedisplay case are provided with sockets 7 for receiving the downwardlybent ends of cross bumper members 8, which are adapted to space thegoods of different kinds and also to serve as price card holders. Forthis purpose the bumpers are preferably made of wire formed in U-shapeand provided at its center with an outwardly offset portion 9 for holdina price card. In addition to separating t e goods these bumpers alsoserve to prevent the goods from sliding forward in the stalls should anarticle be removed from any stall in advance of some of the goodsdisplayed. The bumpers 8 are made of various lengths to suit the widthof the stalls.

Some of these stalls may receive trays 10 having a plurality ofpartitions therein forming the various compartments for holding smallquantities of bulk goods, such for instance, as tea, coffee, rice, orthe like. These trays are in length preferably coextensive with thelength of the stalls, and have their upper side edges provided withoutwardly offset flanges 11 for resting on the top edges of thepartitions. The flanges 11 are shaped to form internal recesses forreceiving the respective edges of the glass covers 12 for the differenttrays, the covers being slid into place in the traytops.

The case is preferably provided at its upper rear edge with a rearwardlyprojecting shelf 13 for displaying some articles,

the rear edge of the shelf being provided with an upwardly risingbackboard 14. If the shelf is extended at its forward end over the rearportion of the case, such extending portion is preferably made in aseparate piece, as shown by the strip '15, and hinged to the shelf 13 tobe turned back thereon so as to completely uncover the top of the casewhen desired.

It is evident that the case may be of any size to accomodate the variousarticles to be displayed or a number of cases may be used for suchpurpose, and that when one of each article carried in stock is displayedin the case or cases it enables a purchaser to determine more quicklyWhat he Wants and the prices of the same without asking questions, andalso enables a single person to preside over the case for taking orders.When the orders aretaken they may be passed to a stock clerk and filledwith goods from the stook room, the goods being taken in most cases fromtheir original shipping cases,

thereby saving the time and labor incident to unpacking the goods andplaclng them on the shelves preparatory for a purchase,

ing end portions for removably projecting lnto holes of adJacentpartitions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to tlusspecification.

GUY R. POORMAN.

